COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: preparedness, response, and hidden potentials

Abstract After the detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first reported case in Nigeria, the virus has spread to all sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Through different initiatives, SSA countries came together to create goal-driven taskforces to improve their responses against the virus. As COVID...

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Published in:Tropical Medicine and Health
Main Author: Issideen Ayinla Osseni
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020
Subjects:
COVID-19
Pandemic
Sub-Saharan Africa
Preparedness
Response
Potential
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00240-9
https://doaj.org/article/43848aab03254a07a93cdcf4f9e6c653
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Summary:Abstract After the detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first reported case in Nigeria, the virus has spread to all sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Through different initiatives, SSA countries came together to create goal-driven taskforces to improve their responses against the virus. As COVID-19 raises major concerns over the scarcity of medical supplies, numbers of SSA countries adopted innovative solutions to fill in their shortage. This health crisis may come as an opportunity for SSA to demonstrate its pandemic readiness, responses, and reveal unknown potential.

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